25 occurrences in 12 translations

'Lust' in the Bible

The [population of the] earth was corrupt [absolutely depraved—spiritually and morally putrid] in God’s sight, and the land was filled with violence [desecration, infringement, outrage, assault, and lust for power].

Verse ConceptsViolence In The EarthFilling PlacesUnity, God's Goal OfVisionAll Have SinnedThe Environmentcorruption

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

Verse ConceptsPursuingSelf ConfidencePursuing PeopleArrogance, Characterizes The WickedOvertakingDividing The Spoil

The rabble among them [who followed Israel from Egypt] had greedy desires [for familiar and delicious food], and the Israelites wept again and said, “Who will give us meat to eat?

Verse ConceptsMixed MultitudeWhat Foreigners DoMourning In RegretGreedComplaining

and one calleth the name of that place Kibroth-Hattaavah, for there they have buried the people who lust.

Verse ConceptsBurying placesGreed

"Since his appetite won't quit; he won't let anything escape his lust.

Verse ConceptsStoringTreasureIndigestionGreed

Rebuke the beasts [living] among the reeds [in Egypt],The herd of bulls (the leaders) with the calves of the peoples;Trampling underfoot the pieces of silver;He has scattered the peoples who delight in war.

Verse ConceptsBullsCalvesStretching OutWarfare, Nature OfScattering The PeoplesWild Beasts Subdued

And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

Verse ConceptsSatan, As TempterTestingRequesting FoodTesting God

They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

Verse ConceptsAt The Same Time

So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

Verse ConceptsGod Hardening PeoplePassionimaginationfollowing

Sheol (the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the underworld) are never satisfied;Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied.

Verse ConceptsdissatisfactionRiches, Nature OfSatisfactionDiscontentCuriosityInsatiableThe Fact Of DeathLust Of The Eyes

who burn with lust among the oaks,under every green tree,who slaughter children in the wadisbelow the clefts of the rocks?

Verse ConceptsChild sacrificeSanctity Of LifeOaksKilling Sons And Daughters

You are like a wild female donkey brought up in the wilderness. In her lust she sniffs the wind to get the scent of a male. No one can hold her back when she is in heat. None of the males need wear themselves out chasing after her. At mating time she is easy to find.

Verse ConceptsHeatNosesSeeking For Concrete ThingsDo Not Grow WearyPassiontired

“Also on your skirts is foundThe lifeblood of the innocent poor;You did not find them breaking in [a house].But in spite of all these things [your disobedience, your love of idolatry, your lack of compassion]—

Verse ConceptsBlood, as basis of lifeJudged As MurderersNot Helping The Poor

“When they are inflamed [with wine and lust during their drinking bouts], I will prepare them a feast [of My wrath]And make them drunk, that they may rejoiceAnd may sleep a perpetual sleepAnd not wake up,” declares the Lord.

Verse ConceptsBanquets, ActivitiesLaughterSleep, And DeathGod Making Drunk

Then you committed immorality with your neighbors, the Egyptians, with perverted lust, and by doing so you fornicated even more, provoking me to anger.

Verse ConceptsProvokingProvoking GodSexual Immorality

And you prostituted with the {Assyrians} on account of {your insatiable lust}, and you prostituted [with] them, and still you were not satisfied.

Verse ConceptsInsatiablewhores

“How your heart was inflamed with lust”—the declaration of the Lord God—“when you did all these things, the acts of a brazen prostitute,

Verse ConceptsLukewarmness

This is what the Lord God says: Because your lust was poured out and your nakedness exposed by your acts of prostitution with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols and the blood of your children that you gave to them,

Verse ConceptsNakednessHuman Blood ShedIdol WorshipFate Of IdolatersPrivate Parts

Turn O sword and cut right or cut left, whichever way your thirst for blood and your edge direct you.

Verse ConceptsRight Sides

She didn’t give up her promiscuity that began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin nipples, and poured out their lust on her.

Verse ConceptsBreasts, Figurative UseBeing Evil From YouthTouching To HarmPeople Not AbandoningSpiritual HarlotrySex Between Nations

“Now her sister Oholibah saw this, but she was even more depraved in her lust than Oholah, and made her promiscuous acts worse than those of her sister.

Verse ConceptsAppetite, SexualSpiritual HarlotryRelative Greatness

Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and defiled her with their lust. But after she was defiled by them, she turned away from them in disgust.

Verse ConceptsBedsPeople Being PollutedSpiritual HarlotrySex Between Nations

For she lusted after her lovers [there], whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

Verse ConceptsSemenMale GenitalsYoung Loverssexmanhoodlovers

Related Words

Bible Theasaurus

Appetite (35 instances)
Concupiscence (3 instances)
Crave (24 instances)

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